Day: December 10, 2015

Chesapeake Islanders Will Likely See Serious Sea Rise Chesapeake Bay islanders, many of whom have lived on the islands for multiple generations and retain traces of accents from their ancestors’ native Cornwall, England, may be the first residents of the…

'White Whale' Fossil Discovered A 15 million-year-old fossil was recently re-classified by Smithsonian researchers as a form of sperm whale different from today’s version of that whale. It was originally classified in 1925 as part of a group of extinct…

Recycling: Food Waste For Pigswill Could Save Threatened Forests If the European Union lifted its ban on feeding pigs food waste, roughly 1.8 million hectares of threatened Brazilian forest and savannah could be saved from excess agricultural development. Source: Natures…

Cheetahs Left North America During Last Ice Age, Say Researchers Cheetahs migrated to Africa from North America 100,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. Following their “big move,” populations dwindled and incestuous breeding increased. This troubled linage has had…